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Revealing mistakes: In a number of episodes, in-vehicle shots with a "back seat" perspective often show that the vehicle being filmed in is in fact a Chrysler-produced sedan. Note the older star-in-pentagon emblem on the steering wheel instead of the Chevy Cavaliers that the detectives drive. This is likely due to the lower headroom in the Cavalier, making it difficult to film that perspective.See more »

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[working a murder case since the squad is shorthanded] Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello:My first job as a foot soldier in I don't know how many years, and it's a stone-cold whodunit.See more »

This show is an excellent drama of which you will rarely find on
network TV(perhaps NYPD Blue in its first five or six
years,St.Elsewhere,L.A.Law,Hill Street Blues might compare). This
show,set in the Homicide division(of course) of the Baltimore Police
Department and centered around the elite detectives of the precinct was
an edgy,intense show which took some big-time chances(For example:One
episode was set exclusively around two of the detectives grilling a
suspect)and it's time slot,Friday nights at 10 eastern/9 central,made
this a constant candidate for the cancellation blocks,but the loyal
viewer-ship and the loud protestations of TV critics helped keep this
show afloat for the six and a half years it ran. The acting and writing
were by far some of the best on network t.v.,the characters fleshed out
by Andre Braugher,Yaphett Kotto(As the chief),Ned Beatty,Melissa
Leo,Isabella Hoffman,Clark Johnson,Daniel Baldwin,Kyle Secor,Reed
Diamond and long-time stand-up comedian Richard Belzer,who has found
his niche as a dramatic actor(and as the SAME character,Detective John
Munch,in no fewer than five TV shows,now on Law and Order:Special
Victims UNit)stand out maybe the most! I believe they could even revive
this show someday in the future with some different characters in the
roles and,with roughly the same writing and exactly the same kind of
no-hold-barred risk-taking,could be at least half as good,if not equal.

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